Who Killed The Lindbergh Baby?

Fifty years ago on 1 March 1932 the baby son of world-famous American aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped from his home near Hopewell, New Jersey. Four years later a German immigrant carpenter, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, died in the electric chair convicted of the murder of the baby. At the time, and ever since, doubts have existed about the guilt of Hauptmann and today his 83-year-old widow is suing the State of New Jersey, alleging the wrongful execution of her husband. Ludovic Kennedy looks at the evidence only recently made public and at the circumstances in which Hauptmann was arrested, tried and convicted. He shows that those doubts are now more than ever justified. Photography John Else. Sound Don Martin, Ron Edmonds. Film editor Howard Billingham. Producer Sue Crowther. BBC-WCBH co-production